Improvement in the modes of attaching caps to hubs



'Patentd May S, 1871.

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NITED STATES PETER HEoTERAND RUDOLPH vrEToR, 0E GRAND RAPIDs, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEIMENT VIN THE MODES OF ATTACHING CAPS TO HUBS.

`Specification forming oi' Letters Patent No. 115,316, dated May 30, 1871; antedated May 23, 1871.

`Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known, that we, PETER HEOTER and RUDOLPH VIETOR, ofthe city of Grand Rapids, county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hub-Gaps for Oarriages; and we do hereby declare that the `following is a full, clear, and sufficient description of our invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and the letters of reference marked thereon, and the same are made a part of this specification.

In the drawing, Figure l represents a sectional view of a carriage-hub to whichour invention is attached, showing also a sectional view of i the invention. Fig. 2 ofthe drawing is an end of the cap. `In Fig. 2, c c represents the cap proper, which is a ring or washer composed of any suitable material. This part is rabbeted,as shown in the sectional views c c in Fig. 1, in order to allow the cover to t closely when it is shut.` D is the cover or door, attached to the part c c by a hinge, as shown in Fig. 2 by w. The door or cover is provided with a spring-catch or some similar device in order to keep it securely closed when the carriage is in use. hub and on the inner side ofthe band R, by means of screws or nails passing through the rabbeted ring or washer c c into the end of the hub. 2 by s s s.

The cap is secured to the end of the The screws or nails .are shown in Fig.

Our invention is designed" by us to be applied to ordinarywagons, but maybe applied to all kinds of wheeled vehicles. constructed of cast or malleable iron, or any other suitable material, and applied to the hubs of carriages with but little expense.' It is a protection both to the hub and the axletree. excluding moisture, and the axle-tree by excludingdirt, mud, and other substances which are liable to beintroduced into the hub.

It may be It protects and preserves the hub by Having described our invention, what Ywe claim to have' invented, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The improved hub-cap, composed of the metallic rabbeted ring or washer c c, provided .with the hinged cover D, to `be applied to the outer end of a carriage-hub, when constructed substantially as and for the purposes above set forth..

PETER HEOTER. l RUDOLPH VIETOR.

Witnesses:

C. F. SMITH, EDWARD TAGGART. 

